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physicians associated with these institutions for a 

 period of several years. The writer's only connection 

 with this practical experiment consisted in outlining 

 the method of treatment described in the preceding 

 pages, and supplying human cytost at the beginning of 

 the venture. From time to time reports were received 

 from the Russian Red Cross physicians, which pre- 

 sented evidence that the cytost treatment was actually 

 found to be of benefit. 



Typical of these reports is one from Dr. R. Berzin 

 of Sofia, under the date of July 20, 1929, from which 

 we quote: "During the last three years I have had 

 more than 100 patients treated with cytost and anti- 

 cytost. The first group (79 patients) were suffering 

 from arthritis, especially from arthritis chronica de- 

 formans and polyarthritis chronica, 48 of them were 

 men, 31 women, age from 35-68 years. The majority 

 of them received the treatment in the Hospital of the 

 Russian Red Cross, only a few were treated in their 

 homes. Nearly all of the patients had been bedridden 

 for weeks or months. Several of them had been inva- 

 lids from two to four years. Everyone had been treated 

 with mineral baths, etc., for years without any lasting 

 results. 



"Our treatment was very simple: We gave our pa- 

 tients only cytost and anticytost alternatively with an 

 interval of 10 days, and nothing more. The dose va- 

 ried from 1-5 cc. of anticytost and 0.4—0.5 cc. of cy- 

 tost each time. The total dose was from 10-50 cc. of 

 anticytost and 2-3 cc. of cytost. 



"The results were excellent. We had no complica- 

 tions at all, neither local nor general disturbances. 

 On the contrary the patients affirmed that they felt 



